On May 17, 1979, a most unusual game was played at
Wrigley Field in which the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted
the Chicago Cubs 23-22. After the Cubs roared back from
a 17-6 deficit, Mike Schmidt's 10th inning homer off
of Bruce Sutter proved to be the difference in the 4
hour, 3 minute contest. The general manager of the victorious
Phillies that day was Paul Owens. This ball, used in
that game, comes from his collection.

The line score:

R
H E

PHI 708 240 100 1 23 24 2
CHI 600 373 030 0 22 26 2

HRs in the game:

PHILLIES: Mike Schmidt (2), Bob Boone (2), Randy Lerch,
Garry Maddox.

CUBS: Dave Kingman (3), Steve Ontiveros, Bill Buckner,
Jerry Martin.

Interesting footnote: The 45 runs scored were not the
most ever in a game. In a game, also (amazingly) played
between the Cubs and Phillies, on August 25, 1922, the
Cubs won 26-23 – 49 runs in one game.